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| Arthuretta Martin |
My first blogger of 2017 is on deck!
Next week Arthuretta Martin will wield the pen.
She has a wonderful piece about her passion for storytelling.
This engaging educator and performer did not set out to teach or tell. She did get here eventually, and once she arrived, she put the pedal to the metal!
As a teaching artist, she shares the gift of story through writing, storytelling, acting, and singing. Her vocal talents span several genres including classical, opera, jazz, gospel, rhythm and blues. She’s a member of several performance and storytelling guilds including the Washington Revels Jubilee Voices, Voices from the Earth of Davis West Va and the Ollie Players of George Mason University. She has been a featured teller in several local performances sharing the stories of famous women like Frances Ellen Watkins-Harper, Sisretta Jones, and Marien Anderson. She’s been a featured teller and vocalist at events and festivals around the country and recently at Panafest in Cape Coast, Ghana. Performance venues include the Kennedy Center, White House, Wolf Trap, and the Black Theater Festival in Wilmington, NC. She’s an alumnus TEDx speaker of TED Wilmington, Delaware, She’s a Distinguished Toastmaster, a member of the National Storytelling Network, Virginia Storytelling Alliance, the National Association of Black Storytellers and the National Speaker’s Association.
I met Arhuretta in real life about two years ago. Prior to that, she was one of those virtual Facebook connections.
She is an infectious person who just makes me grin. I can't wait to share her insights on this space.
Check her out in this clip!
Arthuretta Martin tells true story at SpeakeasyDC - July 2012
See You Next Week!
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